MORE ON: online privacy

Daily Report: Public Safety

Homeland Security office OKs efforts to monitor threats via social media

November 15, 2012, 12:05 AM
A little-known privacy office in the Department of Homeland Security has given its stamp of approval to an ongoing initiative aimed at monitoring social media sites for emerging threats. Congress created the department’s privacy office in 2003 to review major initiatives and databases... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

FTC: Apps aimed at kids raise privacy concerns

April 12, 2012, 12:05 AM
The number of mobile apps marketed to kids is growing at a rapid pace, yet a recent report by the Federal Trade Commission raises new concerns about child privacy and the lack of disclosure about the personal data being collected. The FTC reviewed the promotional pages for 400 apps aimed at... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

11 Calif. lawmakers support contentious cybersecurity bill

April 10, 2012, 12:05 AM
Eleven California lawmakers are among the more than 100 co-sponsors of an increasingly controversial cybersecurity bill that would make it easier for private companies to swap information with the federal government on threats against computer systems. Hackers and thieves, say the bill's... + read more
Daily Report: Higher Ed, Public Safety

CSU police official calls for colleges to monitor students online

October 5, 2011, 12:05 AM
Billions of details about students’ lives pulse through university computer servers every day. The data is in e-mails from school accounts, in online purchases and Facebook updates made on school Internet connections. This flood of data might contain clues to future violent threats at... + read more
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